relevant code

my $outfile = "> /home/vobadmin/scripts/CC_mass_protect_element_log.tx
+t";
open (OUTFILE,$outfile);
timestamp();
#
####  Get list of components from specific vob
#
my @voblist = `cat /home/vobadmin/scripts/voblist.txt`;
foreach my $i (@voblist) {
    chomp($i);
    my $vob = "\/vobs\/$i";
    chomp($vob);
        print '[' . timestamp() . ']  Start Time'. "\n";
        print OUTFILE '[' . timestamp() . ']  Start Time'. "\n";
    print "VOB is:  $vob\n";
    chdir $vob;
    print "Loading Array with all elements from vob: $vob\n";
    my @element = `cleartool find \. \-all \-print`;
    my @complist = `ls $vob`;
    foreach my $comp (@complist) {
        chomp ($comp);
        if ($comp ne "lost\+found") {
            my $comppath = "$vob\/$comp";
            chomp($comppath);
            print OUTFILE "COMPONENT IS:  $comppath\n";
            my $group = `cleartool desc -fmt \"%[group]p\" $comppath`;
            print "Getting Group for Comp:   $group\n";
            #print "Change Directory to Comp: $comppath\n";
            #chdir $comppath;
            my @matches = grep {/$comppath/} @element;
            $comp_counter = 0;
            foreach my $elem (@matches) {
               chomp($elem);
               #print " Execute:  $elem\n";
               print "Running Command \`cleartool protect -chown vobad
+min -chgrp $group -chmod 775 $elem\`\n";
               my $result = `cleartool protect \-chown vobadmin \-chgr
+p $group \-chmod 775 \"$elem\"`;
               print "\|\-\-\-\-\> $result\n";
               $comp_counter++;
            }
            print OUTFILE "-----Total Elements for $comppath is: $comp
+_counter\n";
        }
        else {
            print "$comp is not component skipping\n";
            next;
        }
        print '[' . timestamp() . ']: End Time'. "\n";
        print OUTFILE '[' . timestamp() . ']  End Time'. "\n";
    }
}

sub timestamp {
  return localtime (time);
}

close OUTFILE;
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During this moment my @element = `cleartool find \. \-all \-print`; which takes up to 25 minutes to gather all the elements I want to be able to show a progress or alive status on screen (dots, spinning pipe, etc..) to let user know the script is actually running.

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